Witenagemot

A witenagemot was an assembly of the Anglo-Saxon ruling class whose objective was to advise the king and represent the nobles and priests. The name means "meeting of wise men" in Old English, and the assembly discussed matters of national and local importance with the king. In 1066, the Normans replaced the witenagemot of the Kingdom of England with the curia regis, "the King's Court", although the court would be nicknamed the witan until the 1100s.